Dictionary.com chooses 'hallucinate' as 2023's Word of the Year. Here's why
"Hallucinate" has been selected as the 2023 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com. In the context of machine learning programs, the second definition characterizes it as generating false information contrary to the user's intent and presenting it as true and factual. Grant Barrett, the head of lexicography at Dictionary.com, noted that the word's trajectory in the technology domain mirrors that of other terms like "spam" and "virus."